Education: A Blessing for Everyone

Education: A Blessing for Everyone—Almost

Published on August 18, 2008 By stevendedalus In Blogging

There is no question that education can lead to a better life. Even in the old days, a young lady wise enough to learn typing led her away from the drudge of the inferior file clerk; or the young man ambitious enough to learn the art of auto mechanics to get away from the monotony of gas attendant.

The GI Bill opened the path to college and labor on a higher scale. Out of the one doctor town abundance of specialties and better health care developed. Inventive engineers and knowledgeable entrepreneurs brought forth a hierarchy of better and newer products. Agriculturists became smarter and as a result food became plentiful even for the poor. Research scientists gave us stronger national security, space exploration, pharmaceuticals, an unbelievable explosion of electronic devices, new sights on energy and a cleaner environment despite the larger—price to pay for advancing civilization—carbon footprint per capita.

Education, the midwife of ideas, has put forth all this complex infrastructure for the common good and shall also take us out of its tipping point paradoxes by drawing us to a wiser panorama.

Yet education beyond survival basics is not for everyone: the plantation concept still thrives. There are still too many who incapable of finer disciplines and will continue to endure the tasks of underlings on the world’s plantations. Although much of this is exploitation designed by country gentlemen, it is nonetheless, the very human nature of stratification: simply put, many of us are without the variable gifts of talent. The best of the gifted can do is to enlighten its natural aristocracy and see to it that the non gifted are compassionately taken care of as parent to child, caregiver to the unfortunate, including the exploited round the world where self-reliance is but a myth.

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Comments

Dr Guy

on Aug 18, 2008

much of this is exploitation designed by country gentlemen,

Allowing one to earn an honest living is "exploitation" now? I fail to grasp the leap of logic here. Why is allowing people to earn a living, albeit not a top 1% lifestyle, now considered exploitation?

On the other hand, should the "country Gentlemen" then do away with menial labor? in many cases that has happened, replaced by simple robots today, more complex ones to follow. These people do indeed no longer "exploit" those not gifted with learning or aptitude, but then those so not gifted, no longer can earn an honest living.

stevendedalus

on Aug 18, 2008

Allowing one to earn an honest living is "exploitation" now? I fail to grasp the leap of logic here.

It's no leap; simply the result of the "alienation of labor" which is prevalent in developing countries and our illegal immigrants, though the latter is happy for the "exploitation."

Dr Guy

on Aug 18, 2008

which is prevalent in developing countries and our illegal immigrants, though the latter is happy for the "exploitation."

What is worse - the exploitation of illegal immigrants, or the fact they like it? One man's loss is another man's gain. And you probably hit on why nothing will be done about illegal immigration. The "country Gentlemen" like it - cheap labor. The immigrants like it - money. Which leaves the non-involved to bloviate about it. An exercise in constitutional rights, and little else.

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